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Looking back when I first began following this project, I absolutely recall thinking, "this guy has bitten off way more than he can chew". Admiditally he's identified and resolved much but the enormity of systems . . . Hopefully he can get this in the air safely once for closure and move on. The...

You could also use your throttle control to simultaneously adjust engine RPM and vane angle. Not sure if it's been done. The FADEC boys laud a single control lever and let the CPU do the rest. So if you have a lever style throttle, figure out the position for take off max RPM. Do the same for...

Must be legal in some places:
Shoot an M249 Saw out of a Helicopter at Machine Guns Vegas
I remember reading about a Floridian who would fly into international waters, gulf side, and passengers would take turns shooting his full auto out the open door. That wasn't a fixed gun like you asked but...

Touche, but the point I was making is that one dead jug on an air cooled engine means less power but a good chance you still have power albeit reduced. Contrast that with a liquid cooled engine with one leak. The coolant level becomes critical and your engine seizes and you have no power. I like...

"the B-17 literally had a liquid cooled variant that greatly outperformed the air cooled in efficiency"
May be true but one well placed round or flack hitting a jug, engine may still run. Same hit on the radiator of liquid cooled, you have only a few moments before it stops. I like both cooling...

Glad to hear you are working, many are not. I love the pictures of Chris plopping the whole plane in his pickup bed and driving to the field. His website says that 1/2 VW "may" put you over. There are creative ways to make it legal. Whatever is non-essential doesn't count. For instance, James...

My dad built an ultra cruiser from plans, even without the canopy it was over. Even without a starter and battery, it was not 103. When LSA opened up he got an N number. I guess you could add a ballistic chute to increase the max but his was definitely over as was everyone else he talked to who...

Here's something I've always wondered. We see mixed material wings used successfully. Fabric over aluminum on Ercoupes. Wood over wood and foam on the SP-1. Is there a reason why a nice shinny piece of aluminum can't be bonded over those ply spars we see in that wing rendering? Ply should stay...